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{{Short description|Private university in  East Greenwich, Rhode Island, US}}
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{{Infobox college 
| name                  = New England Institute of Technology
| other_name            = NEIT
| image                 = New_England_Institute_of_Technology,_East_Greenwich,_Rhode_Island.jpg
| caption               = Main Campus in East Greenwich
| established           = {{start date and age|1940}}
| type                  = [[Private university]]
| city                  = [[East Greenwich, Rhode Island|East Greenwich]]
| state                 = [[Rhode Island]]
| country               = United States
| mascot                = Tech Tigers
| president             = [[Richard I. Gouse]]
| academic_staff        = 133 full-time, 212 part-time (2015)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web | url = https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=new+england+Institute+of+Technology&s=all&id=217305 | title = New England Institute of Technology | work = College Navigator | publisher =  National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor | year = 2015 | access-date = January 28, 2017}}</ref>
| administrative_staff  = 189
| students              = 2,919 (2015)<ref name=NCES/>
| undergrad             = 2,813 (2015)<ref name=NCES/>
| postgrad              = 106 (2015)<ref name=NCES/>
| doctoral              = 
| website               = {{URL|https://www.neit.edu}}
| logo                  = Seal_of_the_New_England_Institute_of_Technology,_East_Greenwich,_Rhode_Island.jpg
}}

'''New England Institute of Technology''' ('''New England Tech''' or '''NEIT''') is a [[private university]] with its main campus in [[East Greenwich, Rhode Island]].  It was established in 1940<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neit.edu/|title=The Technical College of New England|publisher=NEIT |access-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref> and [[Richard I. Gouse]] has been the president since 1971.<ref name="ProJo20140930" />
[[File:NEIT Showcase Pictures 13.jpg|thumb]]

==Campuses==
New England Tech's main campus is located on One New England Tech Blvd, East Greenwich with two smaller campuses located in Warwick.<ref name="NEIT-setting" />

===East Greenwich Campus===
[[File:Atrium and waterfalls in the New England Institute of Technology, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.jpg|thumb|left|Atrium and waterfalls in the East Greenwich campus.]]
The East Greenwich Campus is the main campus for all administrative, residence, athletics, and student services.<ref name="NEIT-eastgreenwich" /> The campus's centerpiece is a newly renovated 265,000-square-foot facility<ref name="NEIT-eastgreenwich" /> dedicated to classrooms, technical labs, medical suites for training simulations, and administrative services. The interior features technical labs and an open atrium with multi-tiered waterfall.<ref name="ProJo20140930" /> A 400-bed residence hall is also located on the East Greenwich campus.

The building had been intended to serve as headquarters for the [[Eckerd Corporation]].<ref name="ProJo20140930" /> The site was purchased in 2007 still unfinished, and extensively customized for New England Tech.<ref name="ProJo20140930" /> It opened to students in summer 2011; a major expansion begun in 2014 added dormitories and new instructional space.<ref name="ProJo20140930" />

===Julian B. Gouse Campus===
The Julian B. Gouse Campus is a 57,000-square-foot facility containing classroom and laboratory space located on Post Road in Warwick, Rhode Island.<ref name="NEIT-setting" />

===Access Road campus===
The Access Road Campus consists of four buildings, including an automotive technician school which opened in 2005.<ref name="NEIT-setting" />

==Academics==
The university is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]]. It offers degrees in various technical areas, including plumbing and heating ventilation, architectural design, nursing, occupational therapy, veterinary technology, business management, criminal justice and software engineering, shipbuilding and advanced manufacturing.<ref name="ProJo20140930" />

=== National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium ===
{{Main|National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium}}

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (or NAFTC) has a Training Center located at NEIT.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assets.slate.wvu.edu/resources/527/1283179268.pdf|title=NAFTC National Training Centers|publisher=NAFTC|access-date=July 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222070347/http://assets.slate.wvu.edu/resources/527/1283179268.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="ProJo20140930">{{cite news|title=New England Tech announces $120-million expansion of East Greenwich campus|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140930-new-england-tech-announces-120-million-expansion-of-east-greenwich-campus.ece|access-date=20 September 2017|publisher=The Providence Journal|date=30 September 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="NEIT-setting">{{cite web|title=Campus Setting|url=http://www.neit.edu/About-Us/Public-Disclosure/Campus|website=New England Institute of Technology|publisher=New England Institute of Technology|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="NEIT-eastgreenwich">{{cite web|title=East Greenwich Campus|url=http://www.neit.edu/About-Us/East-Greenwich-Campus|website=New England Institute of Technology|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|New England Institute of Technology}}
* {{Official website|http://www.neit.edu}}

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